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Terms Used In Tennessee Code 45-3-523

  • Association: means a capital stock or mutual savings and loan association. See Tennessee Code 45-3-104
  • Bank: means any person, as hereinafter defined, doing a banking business subject to the laws of this or any other jurisdiction and, for the purposes of supervision, examination and liquidation, includes industrial investment companies and industrial banks authorized by chapter 5 of this title. See Tennessee Code 45-1-103
  • Deposit: means a deposit of money, bonds or other things of value, creating a debtor-creditor relationship. See Tennessee Code 45-1-103
  • Uniform Commercial Code: A set of statutes enacted by the various states to provide consistency among the states' commercial laws. It includes negotiable instruments, sales, stock transfers, trust and warehouse receipts, and bills of lading. Source: OCC

To the extent that an association accepts demand deposit accounts, or offers checking accounts or negotiable orders of withdrawal, the Uniform Commercial Code setting out the relationship between a payor bank and its customers, compiled in title 47, chapter 4, part 4, shall apply to the association, and all references to “banks” are deemed references to “associations.”